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Pain is a sensory and emotional experience that has negative effects on animal welfare, directly affecting farm production items. There are many reasons why pigs can suffer from pain: routine farm management, such as tail-docking and castration, diseases, injuries and physiological events such as farrowing. Nowadays, pain measurement in farm animals is very complex, and it continues to be an important issue in veterinary and biomedical research.
Hanna Fränzl gives a concise overview about the immune system of pigs.
A practical example of a bio security-breach: When purchasing gilts a gap in the vaccination-scheme occurred: A batch of gilts was not vaccinated for Circovirus immediately after arrival in the quarantine but was delayed until 2 months later when thew hole herd was vaccinated.
Should a piglet fail to ingest any colostrum, its chance of survival is almost zero!
The concentrations of immunoglobulin (IgG and IgA) decrease rapidly within a few hours of birth. The timing and quantity of colostrum-intake are therefore critical. The more the better, the quicker the better!
Recondition skinny sows during gestation
Increase the quantity of feed from d85 of gestation onwards: this will maximise the glycogen reserves of the newly born piglets
Ensure farm-specific vaccination schemes (in collaboration with herd vet) are complied with to result in: Stable immunity of sows as well as their piglets via colostrum-intake Optimal embryonic development
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is a viral disease that causes a decrease in reproductive performance in breeding animals and respiratory disease in pigs of any age. PRRS is the most economically significant disease affecting swine production in the world today.
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